vwbusman66
Stößelstange über alles
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2016
- Location
- SE MI
See introduction here.
Its an '86 245DL with pretty nice blue vinyl interior and enough rust to justify cutting it up. It needs outer floors and rocker panels. The deal was $250 cash and a 13mm rod B230FT (which I paid $75 for) and he'd drive it to my house. 230k miles and sounds really good. The motor mounts are even in-tact! The best part? It's an M46 and shifts like butter. So all in, loaded down with a shed full of spare parts, for $325. What's not to like?
I justified getting it because I'm tired of hauling parts in the V70R which has severe camber with a B230 short block in the back, let alone any real weight. Also, I can take this to school and not worry about getting hit/rusting/snow issues.
So what did it come with?
Functional blue cargo cover, 2.5 sets of blue floor trays, blue rear cargo mat, 7 spare minty headlights, 1.5 turbo gauge packs, all the rear bushings (OEM) that need to be replaced, more spares than I'll ever need, spare armrest foam and brackets (no cover), factory 2" hitch and receiver, factory/dealer small tach and ammeter.
Plans:
Fix leaking brake junction block
Fix leaking power steering rack
iPD overload springs and sway bars
K cam and a small skim off the head
Fix/stop the rust near structural points
Re-bush the whole rear end
Its an '86 245DL with pretty nice blue vinyl interior and enough rust to justify cutting it up. It needs outer floors and rocker panels. The deal was $250 cash and a 13mm rod B230FT (which I paid $75 for) and he'd drive it to my house. 230k miles and sounds really good. The motor mounts are even in-tact! The best part? It's an M46 and shifts like butter. So all in, loaded down with a shed full of spare parts, for $325. What's not to like?
I justified getting it because I'm tired of hauling parts in the V70R which has severe camber with a B230 short block in the back, let alone any real weight. Also, I can take this to school and not worry about getting hit/rusting/snow issues.
So what did it come with?
Functional blue cargo cover, 2.5 sets of blue floor trays, blue rear cargo mat, 7 spare minty headlights, 1.5 turbo gauge packs, all the rear bushings (OEM) that need to be replaced, more spares than I'll ever need, spare armrest foam and brackets (no cover), factory 2" hitch and receiver, factory/dealer small tach and ammeter.
Plans:
Fix leaking brake junction block
Fix leaking power steering rack
iPD overload springs and sway bars
K cam and a small skim off the head
Fix/stop the rust near structural points
Re-bush the whole rear end
